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- Tue Sep 16, 2003 10:26 am
- Forum: General DMB Discussion
- Topic: John Mayer is a better guitarist and songwriter than DMB
- Replies: 95
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But look at the songs sting has written? its like hes trying to make music for 40 year old middle class white people so they can still go to concerts and feel cool!, I wouldnt say hes particulary bad, but i dont see any special revolutionary things brought about by his music, hes just become one of ...
- Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:59 am
- Forum: General DMB Discussion
- Topic: John Mayer is a better guitarist and songwriter than DMB
- Replies: 95
- Views: 20260
Lol fatjack, anyone who jams knows that the rhythm is way more important then the melody, it sets the whole song. Dave plays the rhythm, if you listen to his songs where he has a nice jam, you can hear him change tempo, accentuate the leads of the saxophone etc., open up the jam (like in what would ...
- Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:13 am
- Forum: General DMB Discussion
- Topic: John Mayer is a better guitarist and songwriter than DMB
- Replies: 95
- Views: 20260
I thought sting was a bassist? anyway dave matthews is a rhythm guitarist, he writes way more versatile riffs then mayer does, though mayer may be a technically skilled guitarist, he doesnt jam half as well as matthews can. If you learn to play mayers songs, you notice theyre all based on the same c...
- Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Guitar Discussion
- Topic: favorite guitarist?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9769
- Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Guitar Discussion
- Topic: favorite guitarist?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9769
C'mon you guys are just listing contemporary players for the most part, The blues Guitarists like Robert Johnson, and Sunhouse, The jazz guitarists like Reinhardt, christian, montgomery, the flatpicker Doc watson, the fingerstylist John fahey. Clapton, Gilmour, hendrix, page, none of them would exis...
- Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Guitar Discussion
- Topic: Playing by ear
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1249
Playing by ear
hey, this is my first post, but ive been a dave matthews fan for a long time, I just finished up a Music camp, where i took courses in Delta Blues guitar, and Celtic music. All my teachers had learned the songs by ear, i asked them how, (these were not simple songs), and they said they just practice...